Public Holidays Announced in Ghana 2024
Public Holidays Announced in Ghana 2024
The general public is hereby informed that Sunday, 16th June, 2024 marks Eid-Ul-Adha which is a Statutory Public Holiday.
However, in view of the fact that 16th June, 2024 falls on a Sunday, His Excellency, the President of the Republic of Ghana, has by Executive instrument (E.I), in accordance with Section 2 of the Public Holidays and Commemorative Days Act, (Act 601) declared Monday, 17th June, 2024 as an additional Public Holiday and should be observed as such throughout the country.
Signed
HENRY QUARTEY (MP)
MINISTER FOR THE INTERIOR
Issued in Accra this Tuesday, June 11, 2024
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STATUTORY PUBLIC HOLIDAYS AND COMMEMORATIVE DAYS IN THE REPUBLIC OF GHANA FOR THE YEAR 2024
| |Statutory Public Holidays| 2024 | ||
| Holiday | Date | New |
| w Year’s Day | 1st January | Monday |
| Constitution Day | 7th January Sunday | Monday 8th is Off Day |
| Independence Day | 6th March | Wednesday
Thursday 7th is off Day |
| Good Friday | 29th March | Friday |
| Easter Monday | 1st April | Monday |
| May Day (Workers’ Day) | 1st May | Wednesday |
| Eid-Ul-Fitr | *** | *** |
| Eid-Ul-Adha | 16th/17th June, 2024 | Sunday/Monday |
| Founders’ Day | 4th August | Sunday |
| Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Day | 21st September | Saturday |
| Farmer’s Day | 6th December | Friday Christmas |
| s Day | 25th December | Wednesday |
| Boxing Day | 26th December | Thursday |
| B: *** There are no fixed dates for the Eid-Ul-Fitr and Eid-Ul-Adha because they are movable feasts. The dates for their observation are provided by the Office of the Chief Imam in the year. | ||
| |Commemorative Days| | ||
| African Union Day | 25th May | Sunday |
| Republic Day | 1st July | Monday |
| Note: Commemorative Days would not be observed as public holidays
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2024 Valentine’s Day / Chocolate Day
Valentine’s/Chocolate Day – Wednesday, 14th February
7th March 2024 Rest Holiday for schools and Parade Teams
Ramadan in 2024
11th March Ramadan
April Fool’s Day / Easter Monday – Saturday, 1st April
Mother’s Day in 2024
Mother’s Day in Ghana- Sunday, 12th May
Father’s Day in 2024
Father’s Day in Ghana – Sunday, 16th June
Easter Holidays in Ghana
The Easter holidays in Ghana start on
Good Friday, 29th March 2024,
30th March 2024 Holy Saturday,
31st March 2024 Easter Sunday and ends on
Easter Monday, 1st April 2024.
7th January holiday in Ghana
7th January is a holiday in Ghana – Constitution Day. And this year it falls on Sunday – Monday 8th will be declared by the minister of interior.
1st July holiday in Ghana
First July is no more a Public Holiday.
4th August holiday in Ghana
4th August is a Public Holiday, Founders Day and it falls on Sunday, Hence Monday 5th August will be Declared as Holiday.
25th May holiday in Ghana
25th May is no longer a Public Holiday
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